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School

McMaster University

Department

Sociology

Course

SOCIOL 1A06

Professor

Sandra Colavecchia

Semester

Winter

Description

News Truth and the Problem of Corporate CrimeCriminal blame was never assigned Media examined between 1992 and 2002 along with the changing news articlesWhen it comes to deviance and crime newspapers overrepresent the poor and those most vulnerable to labeling by authoritiesThey also underrepresent the misconduct of the powerfulBusiness crime articles are found in the business section not front page Use the terms accidents mistakes and tragedies to talk about business crimeLiteral denial involves arranging damaging information into inaccurate or innocuous forms of story tellingInterpretive denial involves admitting the raw facts butt involves recontextualizing events and excusing them as normal justified or necessaryPassive denial involves claiming that no problem really existsThe most prominent discourse in the overall news coverage was